The First Royal Mail Steamer, the Britannia, (Cunard Steamship Company)

Chromolithograph print showing the First Royal Mail Steamer, the Britannia, in shallow waters off a beach or an estuary. A small row-boat lying empty on the sand, and several observers stand in the foreground and watch the ship exit the estuary.

Object Details

ID: PAH0229
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: W. Ridley & Co; Ward & Co Ltd
Vessels: Britannia (1840)
Date made: ca.1840; 1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 277 x 432 mm